Hector de haas



(No Model.)

H. DE HAAS. CIGAR ATTACHMENT.

No. 581,849. Patented May 4,1897.

WI TJV EST? I .N' VEJVTOR,

Nrrnn HECTOR DE I'IAAS, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,849, dated May 4,1897. Application filed October 13, 1896. Serial No. 608,697. (Nomodel.)

in the county of New York and State of New- York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cigar Attachments; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a .full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to cigar attachments.

My object is to provide an improved attachment for cigars which can beeasily and quickly applied to or removed therefrom and will be welladapted to prevent the cigarashcs from dropping from the cigar and ontothe clothes of the smoker.

Having this object in view, the invention consists of a novel form ofjacket adapted to he slipped over the cigar and the improved means forholding said jacket in position.

The invention further consists of certain details of construction andnovel combination of parts described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing thecigar equipped with myimproved attachment; Fig. 2, a bottom view; Fig.3, an end View, and Fig. 4 a detail view showing the connection betweenthe spring and fingers.

The numeral 1 designates a metal band. There are two pieces 2 and 3,constructed of thin and light metal, which have their ends connected tothe ends of the band 1, the latter band being adapted to almostcompletely encircle the cigar. The other ends of the members 2 and 3 arepivoted together at 4.

The numerals 5 and 6 designate two fingers which are connected to thepieces 2 and 3 and depend downwardly. I employ a ribhon-spring 7, whichhas one end secured to the finger 6 atthe point 8 and its other endprovided with a pin 9, which Works in a slot 10 of the finger 5. Thisspring is so bent that it is adapted to draw the fingers together andclasp the band 1 tightly around the cigar.

At 11 is shown a jacket, of very fine wireganze, which houses the cigarand is secured to the pieces 2 and 3 and the band 1. If desirable, theband 1 could be covered with any non-conducting material to prevent itfrom burning the lips of the smoker after the cigar has been for themost part consumed.

As before stated, the spring tends to draw the band 1 around the cigarand the members 2 and 3 together, so that the device is properly held inposition, and when any ashes fall from the cigar they are received inthe jacket and do not fall through, to the injury of the clothing of thesmoker or any other object. lVhen, however, it is desirable to removethe attachment, the fingers can be spread against the action of thespring and the whole device taken off.

There are many slight changes which could be resorted to in carrying outthe presentinvention without detracting from any of its advantages, andhence I am to be understood as claiming all such modified constructionsas fairly come within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described cigar attachment comprising members or piecespivoted together, fingers connected to said pieces, a spring for drawingthe pieces toward each other, and a jacket connected to the pieces whichhouses the end of the cigar.

2. The herein-described cigar attachment comprising a band which almostencircles the cigar, pieces or members connected to the ends of the bandand having their other ends pivoted together, fingers connected to thepieces, a spring for drawing the fingers toward each other, and awire-gauze jacket connected to the pieces and the band, said jacketinclosing or housing the end of the cigar.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HECTOR DE IIAAS.

\Vitnesses:

H. ADOLPH WINkoPr, JOHN Ons'rnmorr.

